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Elizabeth Willse: Freelance Writer, Book Reviewer
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I am a freelance writer, book reviewer and avid reader. I am a frequent contributor to the Newark Star-Ledger; Women's Voices For Change, and would like to write for other markets as well. This blog is a showcase of my press clips and posts on read
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So Many Books- At Once?
My friend and fellow blogger, Cheryl Katz, is in the middle of tons of books, and wishes she could read faster. I wish I could simultaneously juggle several narrative books, but I tend to get confused between them. Still, I get so anxious to start ...
Poets and 19th century technology
Walt Whitman would have been a perfect blogger. Didn’t he revise and reprint Leaves of Grass dozens of times? What would instant posting and feedback have done to that thought process? “I sing the body electric,” all right. After re...
Jaye and I discuss e-books and real books
In which Jaye and I discuss book formats, reading too much, portability, pages, and reading whims. Also, women’s basketball. Conversation basically verbatim from our online chatting, when we both should have been asleep ages ago. Jaye: ac...
Curious About Book Clubs
Although I’ve spent much of my childhood and adulthood with my nose in a book, taken classes, written papers, and had entire friendships consist mostly of throwing books back and forth, I’ve never taken part in a book club. (I think IR...
The Sunday Salon
I’ve heard about the Sunday Salon, and seen it on a number of my fellow book bloggers’ pages. Decided to give it a try. If nothing else, it gives me an excuse to commit to going back to bed with a book on Sunday mornings. Which is g...
Friday Finds 1/16
ShouldBeReading hosts Friday Finds. Two from the library. I guess I found these a while ago, and put them on my hold list at the library. “Chasing Vermeer”- Blue Ballett. Illustrated by Brett Helquist. Since I decided to seek it out...
That Awful Book You Just Can’t Put Down
Does this happen to anyone else? You’re reading a book, disliking it, maybe mocking the characters in your head a little. You’re rolling your eyes at some of the plot elements, or even a bit of clunky language, or maybe topics that aren...
Worst Book Ever
So what is the worst book ever? Even while I loathe a book, most of the time, I understand that it just wasn’t a good fit for me. Or I can find, at least some aspect of the story or writing craft to like. Book reviewing has been a real gift...
Writing in Books: Enhancing or Vandalizing?
Although I’m a dog-earer, a page-marker, and a spine-breaker, much to the dismay of those who like their books pristine (My Minnesotan Friend, for example) I’m faintly disturbed by the idea of writing in a book in pen. Pencil, I can do,...
